The Brass City

The Brass City
Studio album by Joe McPhee and Jeb Bishop
Released	1999
Recorded	October 23, 1997 at Airwave Studio in Chicago.
Genre	Jazz
Length	58:44
Label	Okka Disk OD12025
Producer	Jeb Bishop and Joe McPhee
Joe McPhee chronology
Specific Gravity (1997) The Brass City (1997) The Watermelon Suite (1998)

The Brass City is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe McPhee with trombonist Jeb Bishop recorded in 1997 and first released on the Okka Disk label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic reviewer Joslyn Layne states "The Brass City finds jazz original Joe McPhee and trombonist Jeb Bishop engaging in an interplay of extended techniques and freed-up structures".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe McPhee and Jeb Bishop

1. "The Brass City I" - 12:17
2. "The Brass City II" - 3:44
3. "The Brass City III" - 2:16
4. "The Brass City IV" - 7:16
5. "The Brass City V" - 4:44
6. "The Brass City VI" - 5:47
7. "The Brass City VII" - 3:47
8. "Outpost" - 4:26
9. "Transmute" - 6:25
10. "The Rozwell Incident" - 8:02

Personnel

• Joe McPhee - pocket cornet, valve trombone, soprano saxophone
• Jeb Bishop - trombone

References